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There's no "Number of the Beast"?; private: Rae (Shiko)
Topic Started: Mar 26 2009, 10:33 AM (698 Views)
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Enji walked to the lake. He was thinking about Rae, even though he had no idea of her name. He was taken by this craving to know her more, more than anyone else. He looked to the lake and then to his iPod's playlist. Something was odd.

"What the?! I don't remember deleting 'Number of the Beast'. Oh, well, I'll stick to 'Rock You Like A Hurricanne' then..." he thought aloud and picks his song choice.

The sun was trying to shine through the clouds at 4 PM, casting a faint light over the lake. He, however, couldn't shrug Rae's image or voice from his mind. He was curious. He was hungry. Hungry for knowledge.
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"My my my, you just happen to end up everywhere I'm headed," Rae noted with a shake of her head as she approached Enji, black boots lightly thudding the ground with every step she took. "Now what are you doing here? Looking for more nonexistent creatures?"

With a chuckle, she sat on her knees in front of the lake's edge, glancing momentarily at her own reflection and pushing her red hair behind her ears. Her plan for the day was to skinnydip...but she hadn't planned on giving anyone a show. So for now, she kept her backpack, in which lied her towel and dagger, closed.

"Isn't it your bedtime yet? Or maybe you should go study for an exam or something."

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"My my my, you just happen to end up everywhere I'm headed,"

Those words echoed in his head, because she said it as soon as the song ended. He looked to her with a gentle smile and said "I don't know, maybe it's what they call destiny..." he said "And I know werewolves exists. My brother is going to become one and I'm having issues to keep his inner wolf under his control." he sat next to her and puts "More than a Feeling" to play in a low volume. "Ah, I can't shrug the thought of you being a werewolf. But I like this thought instead. It is odd, isn't it? Maybe it is, because I don't fear... Or because I have no reason to feel anything bad toward them." he said "You came here to watch the lake?"
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"Destiny? Heh, what are you, twelve?" Rae glanced up at the clouds with a sigh. How long ago was it that she let go of that belief herself? Destiny. No such thing, she convinced herself. Because if it existed...then...

"Sorry about your brother, by the way. He's going to be in a heck of a lot of pain when it happens. I wouldn't wish that on anyone..." She shook her head, half sympathetic and half thoughtlessly as a few scenes from a previous time played in her mind.

"Anyway, you won't be able to help him control it. There's no way to do that in the beginning. No way at all. Best thing to do is....to probably have him locked up somewhere. Somewhere with enough food and strong enough walls to contain him. For the safety of everyone, you see." Reassuring him, she patted him on the shoulder.

"And I'm not a werewolf, you idiot." A frown settled on her lips as she corrected him, "I'm a human being. With feelings. So calling me a beast isn't a very nice thing to do."
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"No... I'm sixteen..." he said and turned to her "And, no, I don't believe in destiny... I believe in coincidences instead.". He silenced and listened to her. "You seem to know pretty well for an human... Do you study about werewolves?" he said and let out a friendly chuckle "I don't doubt so! You seem very smart.".

For a brief moment, he frowned as he heard the song "Imagine" play. "What a damn copy of the original..." he said about the song "The lead singer was probably going through a lot of problem when he had to sing... I can feel a small vibration in his voice.".
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A chuckle escaped her as she rolled her eyes. This was not happening.

"You just said that it might be destiny. Obviously you believe in it." But she'd leave that topic alone for now. Best not scare off any more people with how cranky she could become. Besides, she made an oath to herself to try to be nicer to...the prey.

"And yeah, I guess I am very smart," She mused in an almost condescending tone. Well, there went her attempt at being nice. He was petting her ego now, even if he wasn't intending to, "You gotta be smart when you do the things I need to do everyday. So yeah, you're right."

Suddenly the discussion changed and he seemed to be complaining about a particular song he was listening to. She sighed and crisscrossed her legs, not particularly interested in someone talking to themselves.
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"The sound waves... They hide secrets. When one speaks, if you can analyze the waves produced by their voice, you can tell few things about them. Their current mood, their voice's pitch, if they're telling the truth or not..." he said "Though, I will never be that skilled, to tell more than one's current feeling when they SING...".

He turned to her and seemed to scan her. A light blush has covered his cheeks, but then he thought "Whoa, easy there! You don't even know much about her! Ask more!".

"So, hm... May I have your name? It feels awkward to not know who you're talking to..." he said "I said you my name was Enji. My full name is Shikagami Enji. Shikagami is writen with the kanji for 'death' and 'mirror'. Enji is writen with the same kanji for 'dark-red pigment'."
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More about sound waves and singing and blah blah blah. Rae took more interest in her nails than his actual words. It appeared to her that she chipped a nail since yesterday. With a slight frown, she glanced away from her fingernails and just happened to catch Enji looking at her.

"Uh...hi...," She murmured, a little uncomfortable with how close he was getting to her. After all, they didn't know each other. They had met once and that was all. Hell, she didn't even know his na--

"...My full name is Shikagami Enji..."

Nevermind. Now she DID know his name. With a sigh, she knew that it was now her turn to fulfill the ritual by introducing herself. Why oh why was everyone so gosh darned friendly at this school.

"Rachael." She muttered halfheartedly as she crossed her arms against her chest, "Nothing special about my name in Kanji, I would guess, since I'm not Japanese."
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"Your name is beautifull." he said "Just as you are...". He stood up. "Well, I'll go get something to drink. Is there anything you want? My treat." he said. His gentle smirk was almost saying "Anything you want. Just name it.". "Sweet Child'o Mine" plays in his headphones as he puts it on but keeps at low volume, to listen to her.
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"Thanks," she replied with a huff of disbelief. Another one of those guys. Not that she minded all too much but...why did they all have to say the same old thing? It was so rehearsed. She only ever liked it once...the very first time she heard a man say that to her...and he wasn't around anymore.

"Yeah, you do that. Don't bring me anything back though. I'm not really thirsty. Thanks anyway, Enji." Rae waved him off before standing up and brushing herself off.

"See you soon, I guess." Her tone was, overall, uncaring and not really hopeful to say the least. But hey, she was Rae, after all.
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Once he was out of her sight, he leaned against a wall. "She might not be a werewolf at all... I was wrong... Well, some you win, some you lose!" he thought "Now, what should I get to drink..." he walked off to the nearby vending machine or somewhere he could buy a drink.
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After a few minutes of waiting for him to return, out of kindness no doubt, Rae wondered if he was even going to show back up. The lake, as beautiful as it always was, tempted her to continue her plans to skinny dip. However, her pride and dignity would be forever tarnished if Enji just happened to show back up while she was swimming.

After all, he did say he was coming back right?

She was pretty sure he did. Rachael Rowena Rose Morgan was NOT about to parade naked for a man she hardly knew. She'd wait a few minutes before deciding what to do.

So two minutes passed by. Then five minutes. Then ten minutes. And then, what felt like hours went by and she was very sure, at this point, that Enji would not be returning.

"Should have known," The redhead muttered with a groan as she furrowed her eyebrows in irritation. Not that it mattered. But, for a change, she was trying to give him a chance to know her. She actually stayed and talked to him and THIS was how it was all going to end. So much for friendship.

So now it boiled down to what she would do: Continue her plans for a little dive or go off someplace else and find something new to do? Well, she obviously wasn't going to skinnydip. Even though some time had passed, she was still paranoid that he'd come prancing back to the lake right when she got her panties off. Not. Going. To. Happen.

At least no time soon. She didn't want to give an x-rated show to anyone. Her reputation was too good for that. Pride and dignity, ladies and gentlemen, are beautiful things.

So instead, she curled up at the base of a tree, using the towel in her backpack as a blanket. A nap wouldn't hurt, right? The air was so calming and the sound of rippling water was like a lullaby. The redhead slowly closed her eyes. A little nap. What could go wrong?
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He had come back. "Man, it was so complicated to get a nice drink that wasn't too expensive." he thought. He then noticed her taking a nap. He lowered the volume of his song and walked over to her. "Towel..." he thought as he saw it "That means she originally planned to...". He sat on his knees, with a serious expression, as he analyzed her with curiousity. "Well, if she's napping I better stay alert then..." he thought and stood up, securing the area. His headphones hanging on his neck, his iPod was turned off in his pocket. "Sleep well..." he thought.
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She could hear him walking even through her light sleep. So he had come back after all. Imagine that. Rae kept her eyes closed as she heard him approaching. No need to panic or sit up at all.

No need to panic at all. Nope...no panic.

But she could feel him looking at her. He wasn't even saying anything. She could only hear him breathing and walking around. What the hell was he doing?

So she forced herself to sit up anyway. Glaring at him, she crossed her arms.

"What are you doing?!" She questioned.
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"Oh? You were awake?" he thought aloud, turning to her. "I was securing the area while you were napping... You know, it's dangerous to take a nap in such unsafe place..." he said and leans against the tree. His eyes opens a bit, giving her a full glimpse of his red eyes. He seemed somewhat tired, as he had let out a sigh. "I had to walk a lot to get a cheap drink for myself..." he said "Sorry if I kept you waiting.". He then thought something.

"WAIT A SECOND! She wasn't surprised to see I was back! That may mean that she wasn't sleeping at all or..." he thought.

"Hm... You have a light sleep, I see." he said "I can also see you first came here to skinny dip, but saw I was here and changed your plans... Go ahead, I don't mind.". He was being completly sincere. She could see he was serious, and had narrowed his eyes into slits again. His voice tone also gave it out. In his thoughts, he dives deep in a music that he puts to play in his iPod.
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"Thanks for...securing the area, I guess," Rae glanced around, "But I can assure you that the lake is safe...just like the woods. Besides, I can take care of myself if it all came down to it." Examining him, he seemed a little different than he was earlier. Maybe he did need that drink after all.

"Yeah, light sleeper. But, I don't know where you get this skinny dipping idea. I mean, I COULD have a swimsuit underneath my clothes. People do it all the time." Bah, he was just intuitive. Or maybe he didn't think things all the way through. Either way, she was tired of him being right all the time.

"And don't worry. The mood for any kind of swim is gone."
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He listened to her and then deiced to ask her a new question. "Rae-chan... Do you have someone that you like?" he asked "Family, friends...". He thought for a while more. "I think... I think she doesn't trust me. Should I... Should I aske her?!" he thought. After said thought, he looked to the sky and decided to ask "Do you trust me? If you don't, care to tell me why?". His smile was sparking up again.
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With a smile, she nodded, unaware of where he was going with his questions. Of course she had family...none of her own that she could recollect, that is. But she had been embraced into a family nonetheless and they were all very important to her.

"I've got lots of family members, thank you very much. Don't you?" Rae paused, quirking an eyebrow as he continued. Ah, so that's where he was going with it. She should have guessed.

"Are you serious? Trust you?" The redhead frowned a bit, "We just met. It's always best to BUILD trust, Enji...it's not something you can just give away to anyone you happen to see."

"Trust is like virginity. You've got to be careful what you do with it or...you might end up...well, in an itchy situation...catch my drift?"
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"I do have a family... My brother, who's bound to become a werewolf, my mother-in-law and two friends... Of course aimming to have more." he said "After all, having someone who thinks on you is what gives you strenght..." he slid down from the position he was, now sitting by the tree.

He rests his hands behind his head. "I understand... But I don't want you to think I'm not trustworthy." he said "I believe we're going to be classmates. So we better give each other a chance.". He wonders for a while and yawns a bit. "I slept only four hours last night..." he thought aloud "Guarding my brother's sleep was so troublesome..."
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"If I may ask, how did your brother get infected? And, if you know, by who?" Hopefully, she thought to herself, it wouldn't be a pack member. They weren't supposed to do such things, she thought. After all, Jacob would have had her head if she brought home a dead student....for dinner.

"And, it's not about whether we're classmates or not. Just because you're a classmate doesn't mean you're not going to end up trying to shoot down the school or something...I mean, the Virginia Tech Massacre, for instance." Quite pleased with herself, she looked to him for any kind of rebuttal.

And then Rae mentally facepalmed.

"Guarding your brother's sleep? What for? He won't turn until the full moon anyway. And once he turns, it's not HIM you should be watching out for...you keep that in mind when the time comes..."
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"I don't know who infected my brother. Though, I wish I knew... 'Cause I'd most likely talk a bit with them." he said. His right hand had a finger covered with Umbra Corpus, that he seemed to toy with. "Oh... I'm not hostile. I'm actually too peacefull... The only time I remember hurting someone was when a gang tried to beat me down because I look like a kitsune. The only one who got hurt was a guy who tried to stab me. And he only had his own knife stabbed right into his shoulder. Nothing big, it was in self defense." he said.

"Ah... He couldn't sleep without having a nightmare. So I tried to influence his dreams by whispering in his ear." he said "You may say I'm an idiot. But I'm not the kind of person who goes back in their words. I promised to help him to his very first transformation. I think that men that follows their words are the true men."
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"Very well said," Rae replied, a frown still present on her face. He didn't get it. Or maybe he was just trying NOT to get it. Either way, he seemed a little ignorant when it came down to the matter of werewolves. Then again, he wasn't a werewolf. She had to remember to take it easy when judging those of other races.

"That's very nice of you to whisper in his ear. Very kind and very thoughtful." She paused, staring hard at him, "But listen...you can't help him like that through his transformation. All you can do is keep him away from others. Be there after the transformation...but not during."

With a sigh, she shook her head in sympathy, "It's just not safe. And a dead man isn't a true man, wouldn't you say?"
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"That's very nice of you to whisper in his ear. Very kind and very thoughtful."

These word made him smile as they turned to face each other. Once she was done talking, he said "Don't worry. I won't die. I know my limits...". A hissing was heard and he turned to spot a snake hanging on a branch. "That snake again... Wasn't enough for them to attempt to poison me yesterday?" he said and the snake lunges at his face. Before the snake could touch his skin, he held them by the head. "That was too close! I was almost Enji Sandwich!" he said and hurls the snake away.

If she saw his hand, she'd have a surprise: it was all black with Umbra Corpus.
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"You won't die?" A smirk and nothing else in return as she turned her gaze to the sky. Ah, silly for anyone to think such things. But to each their own, she supposed. Being unrealistic, however, never suited anyone in her opinion. Not even if you had very brave and courageous goals to protect someone else's life.

Her attention was almost immediately grasped by a snake, dangling down from a branch hissing menacingly at Enji. Why it was so offended was beyond her and all she could do was watch as Enji handled the snake, tossing it aside as if it meant nothing to him.

"I think it's a bad omen to be attacked by two snakes in one day. Don't you?"
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"Actually... It was once yesterday and once today..." he said. He then looked to where he threw the snake off to. "Yesterday... They became calm when I stared at them after they bit me. But, today... They just attacked for no reason." he said and thought for a while. Then he remembered something. "This one's fangs weren't cracked. To this one was ANOTHER snake." he said.
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Rae sighed deeply, running a hand through her hair and almost banging her head against the tree trunk. He was making her brain hurt with everything.

"You got checked out though, I assumed. For the bite I mean..." She shut her eyes again in, perhaps, an attempt to escape...from everything. This was not the night she had planned out earlier. Snakes? First-time werewolves? And Enji as a whole. There was just something about him that made her think he attracted trouble like a magnet.

"Why are you even...what...What's going on?"
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"I didn't need to. The snake couldn't sink their fangs in my leg." he said and drew back his Umbra Corpus "They only crack their fangs and they don't even get close to my skin.". He then heard her say something, but thought it was strange.

"Why are you even...what...What's going on?"

He became slighty serious, but keep his smile. "What do you mean?" he asked.
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She waited for him to finish explaining before she attempted to say anymore about the situation. Some part of her was hoping to make sense out of everything afterward but the rest of her assumed she'd never be able to.

Looked like the part of her assuming she'd never get a satisfying reply won this round.

"Never mind," Rae murmured, turning her head away from him, glaring into a nearby tree as if it was truly all that interesting. This guy, Enji, was just....weird. Strange. Complex, or maybe the very opposite of that. She wasn't even sure anymore.
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"Do you have something in mind?" he guessed all of sudden. Actually, he HAD something in mind, so he thought she would have something too. Black Sunshine plays now in his headphones. He looked over to her, slighty serious, but still smiling a bit.

His mind was in the dream he had last night. Whatever was the dream, he kept for himself. Unless she decided to share dreams.
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Her head turned swiftly in his direction, hair flying as it followed her every move. Stern emerald eyes focused on him, eyebrows slightly raised as unpleasant thoughts scrolled through her mind.

Something in mind? She had quite a few things in mind, none of which she'd be able to get away with without Pops putting a foot in her back. So for now, she'd keep it to herself.

A slow forced smile appeared as she blinked a few times, gathering her next words carefully.

"No I don't."
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He looked serious for awhile. Wait, was he REALLY serious for a while?! Yes, he was, and he didn't even try hiding it now. He then said "I thought so... There's so many things I wish I knew.".

The sun has finally set. The stars painted the night through a huge gap between the clouds.

"You know. You made me feel comfortable." he said "I wish we could meet again, but I don't know if our paths will cross. So, I really hope that our paths crosses again."
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Stars, individually, were so useless individually, but together as a whole, they created something beautiful and magnificent. It was like that with people too, she thought to herself. Without the rest, one person was meaningless.

"I wish we could meet again, but I don't know if our paths will cross. So, I really hope that our paths crosses again." He had said between her thoughts.

Lazily, her radiant glowing green eyes fell towards his face, studying him in the dark as he spoke.

"Leaving now?" She asked Enji.
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"Ah, yes... You see, I'm having troubled nights because of my brother." he said "So I need to get home early to sleep more. So, are you going to stay here or are you going to? If so, I can walk with you to a certain point.".

He gave her an inviting smirk. "I mean: if you want."
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Hopping up onto her feet, she glanced down at Enji, holding her hand out to help him up as well.

"I don't know what I'll do. I'll probably stay here a little while longer and then go home. It's pretty late." She shrugged, waving him off.

"But thanks for the offer. You be careful, Enji," Rae warned, "It's...dangerous out here."
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He smirked at her and took her hand to stand up as well. He looked into her eyes without saying a thing, but didn't let his smirk fade.

"Ah, I see..." he said "I too think it's pretty late... I'm sorry my presence kept you from enjoying the lake, but it was worth talking to you."

He smirk a little more and said. "Ah, don't worry... I'm not gonna die or something like that..." he said and rests a hand on her shoulder "Until a next time." he then let go of her shoulder, turns and walk away.
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